1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 1176-5:2008Incorporating corrigendum August 2008Playground equipment and surfacing Part 5: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for carouselsICS 97.200.40g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g
2、38g40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50g51g60g53g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58BS EN 1176-5:2008This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2008 BSI 2008ISBN 978 0 580 64116 9National forewordThis British Standard
3、 is the UK implementation of EN 1176-5:2008. It supersedes BS EN 1176-5:1999 which will be withdrawn on 31 May 2009. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee SW/65, Childrens playground equipment. Operators and providers are advised that equipment conforming to EN
4、 1176 require regular maintenance. Guidance on this and appropriate inspection, maintenance and operation schedules are contained within BS EN 1176-7:2008. National standards have been published by BSI on childrens playground equipment since BS 3178 was first issued in 1959, this standard concentrat
5、ed on specifications for specific types of equipment. It was replaced in 1979 by BS 5696 which switched focus to a design and safety approach. With the increasing introduction of overseas equipment BSI led the way by calling for a European Standard to address the conflicting safety advice and standa
6、rds from other countries. This was published in 1999 as BS EN 1176 and further focused on the safety of playground equipment. All standards published by BSI are regularly assessed and this revision is part of the process, it takes into account new design concepts and the operating experience availab
7、le to the standards committees. It is advised that the previous version of BS EN 1176 will not be withdrawn until 31 May 2009 to give manufacturers time to amend their product lines. Playground equipment not complying with this revision should not automatically be considered as being unsafe or to re
8、quire replacement. A risk assessment by competent persons should be used to determine what action, if any, is necessary. Manufacturers and Inspectors of the Register of Play Inspectors International (RPII) are amongst those that will be able to assist in this. A list of organizations represented on
9、this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. Amendments/corrige
10、nda issued since publicationDate Comments30 September 2008 Correction to national forewordEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 1176-5May 2008ICS 97.200.40 Supersedes EN 1176-5:1998 English VersionPlayground equipment and surfacing - Part 5: Additional specificsafety requirements and tes
11、t methods for carouselsquipements et sols daires de jeux - Partie 5 : Exigencesde scurit et mthodes dessai complmentairesspcifiques aux mangesSpielplatzgerte und Spielplatzbden - Teil 5: Zustzlichebesondere sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen undPrfverfahren fr KarussellsThis European Standard was a
12、pproved by CEN on 25 April 2008.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
13、standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notifie
14、d to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as theofficial versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, N
15、etherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2008 CEN All rights of exploitation
16、 in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 1176-5:2008: EEN 1176-5:2008 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword3 1 Scope 5 2 Normative references 5 3 Terms and definitions .5 4 Safety requirements 8 4.1 General8 4.2 Free height of fall and impact area 9 4.3 Free space/
17、falling space .9 4.4 User stations 11 4.5 Axis .11 4.6 Speed of rotation .11 4.7 Grip handles .11 4.8 Load capacity and stability.11 5 Type specific requirements 11 5.1 Carousel type A (rotating chairs).11 5.2 Carousel type B (classic carousel) 12 5.3 Carousel type C (spinning mushrooms, hanging gli
18、des)15 5.4 Carousel type D (track-driven carousels) .16 5.5 Carousel type E (giant revolving disks) 16 6 Test reports 18 7 Marking .18 Annex A (normative) Method for the determination of attachment strength of supporting structure components to the rotating shaft19 A.1 Principle19 A.2 Procedure .19
19、Annex B (informative) Adeviations20 BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 1176-5:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard
20、shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2008, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2009. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this doc
21、ument may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 1176-5:1998. This European Standard consists of a number of parts as follows: EN 1176-1, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 1: G
22、eneral safety requirements and test methods EN 1176- 2, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 2: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for swings EN 1176- 3, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 3: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for slides EN 1176- 4
23、, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for cableways EN 1176- 5, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 5: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for carousels EN 1176- 6, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 6: Add
24、itional specific safety requirements and test methods for rocking equipment EN 1176- 7, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 7: Guidance on installation, inspection, maintenance and operation EN 1176-10, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 10: Additional specific safety requirements and test
25、methods for fully enclosed play equipment EN 1176-11, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 11: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for spatial network This part of EN 1176 should not be used in isolation, but in conjunction with EN 1176-1, EN 1176-7 and EN 1177. For inflatabl
26、e play equipment see: EN 14960, Inflatable play equipment Safety requirements and test methods. The principal changes from the previous edition of this part of EN 1176 are as follows: a) The requirement for speed of rotation is now limited to those carousels that use mechanical advantage to raise sp
27、eed, whereas in the previous edition the requirement was generally applicable. BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 4 b) The free space/falling space for type C carousels has been increased and requirements for falling height introduced. c) Requirements have been introduced for shock absorbing proper
28、ties for seats of type A carousels. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Repub-lic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greec
29、e, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 5 1 Scope This document is applicable to carousels that are used as pl
30、ayground equipment for children, as defined in 3.1 to 3.6. This document specifies additional safety requirements for carousels of diameter greater than 500 mm in-tended for permanent installation for use by children. This document is not applicable to equipment where the main play function is not r
31、otating. This document is not applicable to motor-driven carousels, fairground carousels or climbing drums. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated refer-ences, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
32、 the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1176-1:2008, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 1: General safety requirements and test meth-ods EN 1176-2:2008, Playground equipment and surfacing Part 2: Additional specific safety requirements and test meth
33、ods for swings 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 1176-1:2008 and the following apply. 3.1 carousel playground equipment intended for more than one user, that rotates around a central vertical axis without os-cillation 3.2 carousel type A
34、 rotating chairs carousels without a closed rotating platform whose user stations are defined by seats or handholds that are rigidly connected with the central shaft via the supporting structure (see Figure 1) BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 6 Figure 1 Example of carousel type A (rotating chair)
35、 3.3 carousel type B classic carousel carousels with a closed rotating platform whose user stations are defined by the upper side of the platform itself and/or by additional seats or handholds that are rigidly fixed on the platform and/or the central shaft (see Figure 2) Figure 2 Example of carousel
36、 type B (classic carousel) BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 7 3.4 carousel type C spinning mushrooms, hanging glides carousels whose user stations are rigidly (spinning mushrooms) or flexibly (hanging glides) fixed to the under side of the supporting structure (see Figure 3) Figure 3 Example of c
37、arousel type C (spinning mushrooms, hanging glides) 3.5 carousel type D track-driven carousel carousel structures that are set in rotation around flat or undulating circular tracks by muscle power (from the hands or feet) transmitted to drive wheels (see Figure 4) Key view on X (enlarged) Figure 4 E
38、xample of carousel type D (track-driven carousel) BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 8 3.6 carousel type E giant revolving disks giant revolving disks are carousels having an inclined axis (as specified in 4.5) whose user stations are not clearly definable (see Figure 5) NOTE They can be set in rot
39、ation by the users physical strength up to the running speed of the users and taking into account gravity. Figure 5 Example of carousel type E (giant revolving disk) 3.7 user station seat or platform and/or handholds on a carousel that allow the user to stay on or to propel the carousel NOTE The use
40、r stations are either rigidly connected to the supporting structure or are mounted on it so as to be mo-bile. 3.8 carousel range space in which the user stations and their supporting structures move when the carousel is in use 3.9 ground clearance H2clear distance between the moving parts of the str
41、ucture and the installation surface (see Figure 6) 3.10 carousel diameter d diameter of the circle described by the construction element farthest away from the centre of the rotational axis where the carousel is in use 3.11 carousel axis central shaft on which the supporting structure is pivot-mount
42、ed and that is rigidly connected to the founda-tions or installation components NOTE The carousel axis can also be a theoretical line when the carousel structure is mounted on a circular track. 4 Safety requirements 4.1 General Carousels shall conform to EN 1176-1 unless otherwise specified in this
43、part of EN 1176. NOTE Hand rails provided on carousels need not meet the height requirements given in EN 1176-1:2008, 4.2.4.2. BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 9 4.2 Free height of fall and impact area Except for carousels of type C, the free height of fall shall be not more than 1 000 mm at any
44、point. For type C carousels, the free height of fall shall be measured from the grip position minus 1 500 mm to the surface below (see also 5.3.4). The impact area around the carousel shall have critical fall height of at least 1 000 mm. 4.3 Free space/falling space NOTE See Figure 6. The principal
45、risk connected to carousels is that of the centrifugal force which results from the rotation. In de-viating from the requirements for free space (see EN 1176-1), for carousels the free space and falling space are the same. NOTE This is substantiated by the fact that the centrifugal force which is ge
46、nerated by the carousel often leads to the user leaving the carousel in an uncontrolled movement. Therefore, attention should be paid to there being no obstacles in the falling space. Unless otherwise specified, the free space/falling space shall be as follows: a) to the side of the carousel, at lea
47、st 2 000 mm; and b) for the free space above the carousel, at least 2 000 mm. When carousels are placed near other items of playground equipment, the impact area of the carousel and the impact area of the other playground equipment shall not overlap. BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 10 a) b) Key
48、1 platform 2 free space d carousel diameter l free space/falling space to the side of the carousel H1head clearance H2ground clearance Figure 6 Illustration of the free space, falling space and ground clearance for carousels BS EN 1176-5:2008EN 1176-5:2008 (E) 11 4.4 User stations In addition to the
49、 requirements in EN 1176-1 regarding entrapment of body parts of users (e.g. arms and legs), care should also be taken regarding entrapment of clothing (e.g. jackets, body warmers) that could re-strain users when getting off the carousel. User stations of type A carousels that are supplied with seats shall be equipped with a backrest or hand grip. 4.5 Axis The axis of support of the carousel shall not be inclined at an angle of more than 5 from the vertical. 4.6 Speed of rotation Carousels that use a mechanical advantage to
